Quantitative fiber tracking in the corpus callosum and internal capsule reveals microstructural abnormalities in preterm infants at term-equivalent age

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 678-684

  Van Pul, Carola ^a,b,c   Van Kooij, B J M ^a   De Vries, L S ^a   Benders, M J N L ^a   Vilanova, A ^c   Groenendaal, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN INJURY; CAPSULA INTERNA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; NERVE FIBER; PREMATURITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860259509     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2859     Document Type: Article

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